This upcoming FREE event in Columbus, Ohio on March 23 & 24, 2013 could easily be nicknamed “Optics Lover’s Paradise.” Birders from all over the country will be, er, flocking to this expo to pick out a new binocular or scope, just in time for spring migration.
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Eagle Optics’ Badger Irruption: Victory in The Bog!
L>R: Tom Presby, Max Henschell, Eric Wood, Jessica Gorzo and David La Puma
It has now been couple of days since our team finished the 41-hour birding event known as the BRRRRdathon, a fundraiser to support conservation efforts in the Sax-Zim Bog of Minnesota. In the last ten minutes of the competition we stood silently on [...]
Blue-Banded Pelican Contest: We have a winner!
Note: the good folks from the International Bird Rescue shared the results of their recent Blue-Banded Pelican Contest! Below is an excerpt from their website. Eagle Optics is proud to support the efforts of this stellar organization. Our hearty congratulations to the winners!
Nina Cheney
Eagle Optics Staff
Binoculars: Bring them. See what they bring you.
Adult Contest Winner: [...]
What’s a BRRRRRdathon?
You’ve heard of a birdathon, right? A friendly competition of birding teams that take to the field, counting as many bird species as possible, and raising money for a worthy cause. But what is a Brrrrdathon?
Well, if the competition is held in the Hinterlands in the dead of winter, it’s a Brrrrdathon! The [...]
My Birds and My Blizzard
Today in southern Wisconsin, close to 20″ of snow fell. Deemed a Snow Day by our beloved boss at Eagle Optics, it was a day to revel in the snowfall and dote on my resident birds. As soon as daylight broke, the birds were here, in abundance. My first job was to shovel [...]
Swarovski Trade-In + $225 Off = Smart!
Do you own an older, working Swarovski EL or SLC binocular, and thinking of trading up for a new Swarovision or SLC HD binocular? Well, now would be a great time to do that. Why? Because Swarovski Swarovision and SLC HD binoculars are $225 off this weekend!
Many of you know that Swarovski has a [...]
Tune in to This Birding Life
Here’s a fabulous way to feed your curiosity about birds and birding: a podcast, or online radio show, called This Birding Life. Being in the optics business naturally aligns us with the birding industry, so Ben, illustrious manager here at Eagle Optics, recently starred in a podcast entitled “Optics-Buying Advice with Ben Lizdas.” This Birding [...]
A Pep Talk for Low Magnification Bins
An ingenious and fairly simple instrument, a binocular does so much to enhance our enjoyment of the outdoors. But, one binocular can’t be expected to fulfill every need of every user. Can it? I mean, we want our bin to give us the same performance quality when viewing feeders out our back [...]
Kowa simplifies digiscoping with your iPhone 4!
A friend of Eagle Optics, David LaPuma, has been digiscoping with his iPhone 4S, the new Kowa TSN IP4S iPhone 4/4S Digiscoping Bracket, and his Swarovski spotting scope, with some excellent results. Here, we share some of his photos and comments from his blog, Woodcreeper.com. Enjoy!
Introducing the NEW Kowa iPhone digiscoping adapter
Posted on 9/18/2012 [...]
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Nov. 7-11, 2012
The famed Rio Grande Valley, at the southernmost tip of Texas, boasts the largest concentration of tropical birds in the U.S. Its diverse habitats are home to birds and wildlife seldom seen in one place, and the area is well known to birders around the world. If you’ve never been there, it might be hard [...]
